Voices

Bill McCormick, S.J., is a contributing editor at America and a visiting assistant professor at Saint Louis University in the departments of political science and philosophy.
FaithExplainer
Catholic experts weigh in on the likelihood of Pope Francis resigning in office—and whether we need a 25th amendment for popes.
FaithFaith and Reason
How many are willing to have their minds changed, to desire for something from this synodal process that goes deeper than their pre-existing agenda?
Politics & SocietyFaith and Reason
Pope Benedict never ceased to argue that democracy must be judged by truth, a criterion it cannot measure but can only be measured by.
Politics & SocietyFaith and Reason
Christ brought about a separation, rather than integration, of the spiritual and political.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Why did Church Militant use Marjorie Taylor Greene to attack the U.S. church?
Arts & CultureBooks
If Catholics wanted to be tolerated in the early years of the Maryland Colony, they had to prove their loyalty—first to the Stuarts, then to Parliament, then the House of Hanover and then the fledgling American republic.
FaithFaith and Reason
Christians today are split between “bottom-up” and “top-down” approaches to re-invigorating our sense of the common good.
Politics & SocietyInterviews
Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., speaks about the need for the Canadian church to apologize to Indigenous population for its role in abuse at residential schools.
FaithAdvent Reflections
A Reflection for the Saturday of the Second Week of Advent
FaithSpeeches
Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., in a speech at Regis College in Toronto, said that pastoral experience, more than any church document, should be the material of theological reflection.